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limba

See also: limbă and limbã

English

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A limba tree

Etymology

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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

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limba (plural limbas)

  1. A large African tree, Terminalia superba, whose hard wood is used for furniture, table tennis paddles and musical instruments.
    • 1965, Theodore Geiger, editor, Agrifor and U.S. Plywood in the Congo, Issue 12, page 50:
      This was the wood of the limba tree — a native of the Mayumbe forest — from which is produced a beautifully grained, blond, high-quality veneer for plywood and other uses.
    • 1991, Ján Borota, tropical forests: some African and Asian case studies of composition and structure, Elsevier, page 101:
      Limba occurred in blocks a, c and d and varied from 0.1 to 0.6 exploitable trees per hectare on average.
    • 1994, Richard C. Schultz, Joe P. Colletti, editors, Opportunities for Agroforestry in the Temperate Zone Worldwide: Proceedings of the Third North American Agroforestry Conference, page 242:
      Because of the decline of harvestable Limba trees in natural forests, a reforestation program was then undertaken by the government using local seed sources [5].

Synonyms

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  • (Terminalia superba): afara

Translations

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References

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  • Irvine, F. R. (1961) Woody Plants of Ghana: With Special Reference to Their Uses‎[1], London: Oxford University Press, page 135

Anagrams

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Aromanian

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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limba f

  1. definite singular nominative of limbã
  2. definite singular accusative of limbã

Cebuano

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Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: lim‧ba

Noun

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limba

  1. the color pink

Adjective

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limba

  1. having a pink colour

Czech

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Czech Wikipedia has an article on:
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Noun

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limba f

  1. Swiss stone pine (Pinus cembra)

Declension

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Declension of limba (hard feminine reducible)
singular plural
nominative limba limby
genitive limby limeb
dative limbě limbám
accusative limbu limby
vocative limbo limby
locative limbě limbách
instrumental limbou limbami

Further reading

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  • “limba”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
  • “limba”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989

Lingala

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Etymology

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Probably from Proto-Bantu *dímb (“forget”).

Pronunciation

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Verb

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-limba (infinitive kolimba)

  1. (rare) forget
  2. (rare) mistake, be mistaken

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Polish

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Middle High German līm-boum, līm-bām, līn-boum, līn-bām.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈlim.ba/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -imba
  • Syllabification: lim‧ba

Noun

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limba f

  1. Swiss pine (Pinus cembra)

Declension

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Declension of limba
singular plural
nominative limba limby
genitive limby limb
dative limbie limbom
accusative limbę limby
instrumental limbą limbami
locative limbie limbach
vocative limbo limby

Further reading

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  • limba in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • limba in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romanian

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Alternative forms

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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limba f

  1. definite nominative/accusative singular of limbă

Sardinian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Latin lingua. For the change /ɡʷ/ > /b/, compare Romanian limbă.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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limba f (plural limbas)

  1. tongue
    M’apo mossigadu sa limba ― I bit my own tongue
  2. language
    Synonyms: faeddu, faedhónzu, faedhóngiu, faedhada, prallata
    limba sarda ― Sardinian language
  3. speech (faculty of speaking)
    Synonyms: faeddu, paràula
    perdere sa limba ― to be left speechless (literally, “to lose the tongue”)

Derived terms

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Spanish

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Noun

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limba f (plural limbas)

  1. limba

Noun

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limba m or f by sense (plural limbas)

  1. Limba

Tok Pisin

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Etymology 1

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From Malay lembah.

Noun

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limba

  1. valley

Etymology 2

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From Malay rimba.

Noun

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limba

  1. jungle
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